Song meaning

Gya · 13-12-2008, 05:06 PM

Okay, this is my interpretation of the song… I’d like to hear others so that I can think over my own.

I think the song could be about war. War generally. Or maybe Afghanistan.

Smoke is risin' from the houses
People buryin' their dead
I asked somebody what the time is
But time doesn't matter to them yet
People talking without speaking
Tryin' to take what they can get
I ask you if you remember
Prospekt how could I forget

(“Normal” life after war is slowly coming back, people burying their dead now (in mind or real). A person is asking about the time, but that’s not what people care about now. They have desperation in their eyes and hunger. Two persons are talking about what happened back then, it’s been a while, but how could they forget?)

Drums
Here it comes!
Don't you wish your life could be as simple
As a fish swimming round in a barrel
When you've got the gun
Oh and I run
Here it comes
We're just two little figures in a soup bowl
Tryin to get beyond a kind of control
But I wasn't one

(Flashback:
Big noise (guns, bombs, whatever)
People are wishing their live could be simple again, they want to have the weapons and defend, but all they can do is run, they’re just little people with no power, they’re weak.)

Now here I lie on my own in a separate sky
And here I lie on my own in a separate sky
I don't wanna die
On my own here tonight
But here I lie on my own in a separate sky...

(The person feels all alone, has lost his family and friends, he feels weak, he is feeling death is coming for him very soon as well… Dusk is falling. Will he still be alive the next day?)

I personally don’t think about war when I’m listening to the song… I’m selfish, and think about my own… uhm yeah, you know.

coldplayGeorgia! · 28-12-2008, 01:02 AM

the song about the road which they've done so far i think... it's a "review" of all the tracks they've released

MK · 22-01-2009, 09:39 PM

I think I agree with Gya. Today, I thought about this song and its meaning, and the first thing that popped into my mind was war...

Finny · 18-08-2010, 05:57 PM

To me there's a distinct possibility that the first half is people recovering after a first attack and the second half is a second wave. I also really like your flashback theory, which is what I first thought of, but now I'm split between the two. But either way, it's definitely about war.

robbery · 24-06-2011, 01:56 AM

I think this song is about the situation that might come soon , all the album of coldplay is a warning to us they continue to do so with their new songs we have to open our eyes and to be careful cause this world it is not as we see it this world is ruled from some secret "crocodiles" that have one eye watching us /see in the 1 dollar the pyramid sign and do a research, going back to the particular song prospekt's march its about a after war time where the world is all in chaos after a cold violent war that came, chris sees his self like a solider who has lost everything and lies in a place all alone with all the beautiful things he had in his life gone

13-12-2008, 05:06 PM	#1
Gya Coldplayer Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 453 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Song meaning Okay, this is my interpretation of the song… I’d like to hear others so that I can think over my own. I think the song could be about war. War generally. Or maybe Afghanistan. Smoke is risin' from the houses People buryin' their dead I asked somebody what the time is But time doesn't matter to them yet People talking without speaking Tryin' to take what they can get I ask you if you remember Prospekt how could I forget (“Normal” life after war is slowly coming back, people burying their dead now (in mind or real). A person is asking about the time, but that’s not what people care about now. They have desperation in their eyes and hunger. Two persons are talking about what happened back then, it’s been a while, but how could they forget?) Drums Here it comes! Don't you wish your life could be as simple As a fish swimming round in a barrel When you've got the gun Oh and I run Here it comes We're just two little figures in a soup bowl Tryin to get beyond a kind of control But I wasn't one (Flashback: Big noise (guns, bombs, whatever) People are wishing their live could be simple again, they want to have the weapons and defend, but all they can do is run, they’re just little people with no power, they’re weak.) Now here I lie on my own in a separate sky And here I lie on my own in a separate sky I don't wanna die On my own here tonight But here I lie on my own in a separate sky... (The person feels all alone, has lost his family and friends, he feels weak, he is feeling death is coming for him very soon as well… Dusk is falling. Will he still be alive the next day?) I personally don’t think about war when I’m listening to the song… I’m selfish, and think about my own… uhm yeah, you know.

28-12-2008, 01:02 AM	#2
coldplayGeorgia! Just tell me YES Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 129 My Mood: Location: Impossible "pink" dreams Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	the song about the road which they've done so far i think... it's a "review" of all the tracks they've released __________________ act every day Like Last Because it might be ! .... =MTF=

22-01-2009, 09:39 PM	#3
MK Reckoner Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 10,109 My Mood: Location: Novi Sad, Serbia Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I think I agree with Gya. Today, I thought about this song and its meaning, and the first thing that popped into my mind was war...

18-08-2010, 05:57 PM	#4
Finny Coldplayer Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 98 Location: Rochester, NY Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	To me there's a distinct possibility that the first half is people recovering after a first attack and the second half is a second wave. I also really like your flashback theory, which is what I first thought of, but now I'm split between the two. But either way, it's definitely about war.

24-06-2011, 01:56 AM	#5
robbery Coldplayer Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 37 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I think this song is about the situation that might come soon , all the album of coldplay is a warning to us they continue to do so with their new songs we have to open our eyes and to be careful cause this world it is not as we see it this world is ruled from some secret "crocodiles" that have one eye watching us /see in the 1 dollar the pyramid sign and do a research, going back to the particular song prospekt's march its about a after war time where the world is all in chaos after a cold violent war that came, chris sees his self like a solider who has lost everything and lies in a place all alone with all the beautiful things he had in his life gone